Tax department boss axed
COMMISSIONER OF the Tax Administration Services Department (TASD), Delores Tyrell, who was appointed to the position just over two years ago, has become the latest casualty in a shake-up of the public revenue services sector.

Pig industry needs restructuring - Clarke
THE PIG/PORK industry needs to be restructured to solve the problem of instability in the sector, says Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke. He pointed out that this restructuring should entail a focus on feed production, the supply of pedigreed stock..

Young police constable laid to rest
FALMOUTH, Trelawny: SCORES OF mourners turned out for the funeral service of 25-year-old police constable, Reggin Barnett-Gordon at the Falmouth New Testament Church on Saturday. The young constable had been in the force for only a year before succumbin

Snr cop tells why crime is low in St Elizabeth
A LOW crime rate in St Elizabeth and its environs has been attributed to community policing. According to Superintendent Herman Brown, head of the St Elizabeth police division, a great effort is made to have the police and the people working together in o

Verene Shepherd promoted to professor
SOCIAL AND economic historian, Dr. Verene Shepherd, has been appointed Professor in the Department of History at the UWI, Mona Campus. Professor Shepherd is an expert in the field of 19th century immigration history in the Caribbean and has done...